Posted 2007-03-16 8:15 PM (#57204) Subject: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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I have been trying to find somewhere that rents horse trailers in Massachusetts, but i havent had any luck. Does any one know of any where in Massachusetts that does so? Please help!
Posted 2007-03-17 7:10 AM (#57216 - in reply to #57204) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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Originally written by jenny20 on 2007-03-16 8:15 PM
I have been trying to find somewhere that rents horse trailers in Massachusetts, but i havent had any luck. Does any one know of any where in Massachusetts that does so? Please help!
Hi and Welcome to the Forum.
I don't think you will find anywhere in New England that rents out horse trailers. Those that did seemed to find the trade-offs between upkeep, (including keeping them CLEAN and SAFE) and rental price to be a bad business. If you just need a horse or two moved, maybe I can help ?
Send me a private message.
Posted 2007-03-17 8:11 AM (#57219 - in reply to #57216) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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Thanks Reg. The place in CT wont rent to you unless you have a CT drivers license. I dont need the trailer for a couple months, but i am trying to do research so that when the time comes that i need it i will know where i can go. where are you lacated?
Posted 2007-03-17 8:27 AM (#57221 - in reply to #57219) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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Originally written by jenny20 on 2007-03-17 8:11 AM
Thanks Reg. The place in CT wont rent to you unless you have a CT drivers license. I dont need the trailer for a couple months, but i am trying to do research so that when the time comes that i need it i will know where i can go. where are you lacated?
I'm surprised, REALLY surprised that they rent them at all.
They're probably trying to keep it to local hauling only.
With the current EHV thing I'd be very leary of renting a trailer anyway, I doubt they would pressure wash and disinfect after every use.
I'm in Mass, close to I-496 - Berlin, Bolton, Hudson, Marlborough and surrounds.
Posted 2007-03-17 9:20 PM (#57240 - in reply to #57226) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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Most people will NOT rent you their trailer...because of liability issues as well as one mistake by you and no more horse trailer...Insurance companies don't like to reimburse for third party damage...
You stand a better chance finding someone to HIRE to move your horses...
Posted 2007-03-18 8:15 AM (#57257 - in reply to #57204) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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I used to live in Taxachusetts. Good Luck, we wen't down that road and bobody would rent trailers. Unless you have a really good friend you can borrow from. We ended up hiring a commercial trailering service for a day. I think it was only a couple hundred bucks. Good Luck.
Posted 2007-03-18 10:00 AM (#57261 - in reply to #57204) Subject: RE: where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
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I can imagine it would be hard to find someone to lend a trailer or rent one.. I hauled a friend's horse -- it was a bad hauler and dented the heck out of the interior of my trailer, it tended to lean its body on the partition and then put its four feet on the side wall, nicely wedged into the stall. Put a dent in the steel parts of my trailer and took off paint. Did the friend reimburse me for damage? No. Unfortunately, this damaged more than the trailer. I decided that the friend really wasn't a friend and that was the end of that relationship.
Trailers are too expensive for any type of damage, esp when it isn't the owner's horses that did it. I had to prep and repaint the areas that the horse damaged (which took time out of my schedule) and the nice big dent, too expensive to get it out for what the pay-off would be. BUT, that dent wouldn't have been there had I not hauled that horse.
I'd highly recommend hiring someone who knows the pitfalls of hauling horses and is set up for it commercially.
where can i rent horse trailer in Massachusetts?!
I have been trying to find somewhere that rents horse trailers in Massachusetts, but i havent had any luck. Does any one know of any where in Massachusetts that does so? Please help!
